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Red Deer Volleyball stars named to First All-Tournament National teams

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Red Deer Polytechnic Athletics is proud to announce The Granary Kitchen RDP Athletes of the Week:

1. Tess Pearman – Queens Volleyball
Hometown – Ponoka, AB
Bachelor of Education Elementary (3rd year)

Tess Pearman provided the Red Deer Polytechnic Queens Volleyball team with energy and strong play at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) National Championship. The Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Women’s Volleyball South All-Conference team selection was instrumental in helping the Queens earn bronze in Charlottetown. Pearman was also selected to the CCAA Women’s Volleyball First All-Tournament team.

In the national championship quarter-final, the student-athlete from Ponoka recorded a match high 11 kills in a sweep over the Mount Saint Vincent Mystics, Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) Champions (25-19, 25-19 and 25-16). In a CCAA semi-final, Pearman accumulated a team high 15 kills in a setback against the Vancouver Island University (VIU) Mariners, (PACWEST Wildcard) who eventually won their fourth consecutive CCAA title (23-25, 19-25 and 24-26). She was extremely efficient on the left side (0.467 hitting percentage) and was named the Queens Player of the Game.

The third-year outside hitter had another solid performance in the Queens’ dominant three set victory over Les Rouges de Saint-Boniface (Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference Champions) in a national bronze semi-final (25-13, 25-17 and 25-9). The Bachelor of Education Elementary student led the team with three service aces, and added six kills (0.357 hitting percentage), and 10 digs.

In the bronze medal match, Pearman accumulated 15 kills in a five set victory over the Lynx d’Édouard-Monpetit, Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec Champions (16-25, 25-22, 17-25, 25-21 and 15-12).

Pearman’s leadership and skill helped contribute to a memorable 2021/2022 season for the Queens Volleyball team. The squad remarkably went 22-1 during the regular season and playoffs, achieving ACAC gold and national bronze.

 

2. Cody Boulding – Kings Volleyball
Hometown – Prince George, BC
Bachelor of Kinesiology (3rd year)

Cody Boulding was an effective leader and player for the Red Deer Polytechnic Kings Volleyball team at the CCAA National Championship in Quebec. The six-foot-five middle helped guide the Kings to a national bronze medal and was selected to the CCAA First All-Tournament team.

The RDP Kings nearly completed a comeback against the host Limoilou Titans in the CCAA Quarter-final match. Down two sets and trailing in the third, the Kings pushed the Titans to five sets, but couldn’t complete the rally (19-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-16 and 10-15). The Bachelor of Kinesiology student totaled 10 kills, two aces and a block, and was named the Kings Player of the Game.

The ACAC Men’s Volleyball South All-Conference team member provided a presence at the net and from the service line in the Kings’ three set victory over the Canadian Mennonite University Blazers, Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference Champions, in the national bronze quarter-final (25-17, 25-11 and 25-17).

The Red Deer Polytechnic Kings swept the St. Thomas Tommies, Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association Champions, in a CCAA bronze semi-final (25-20, 25-18 and 25-18). Boulding contributed five kills and three of the Kings’ 10 service aces.

In the bronze medal final, Boulding recorded two kills and four blocks in the Kings’ four set victory over the Redeemer Royals, Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Wildcard (25-21, 25-16, 23-25 and 25-20). Boulding brought a hardworking effort throughout the entire 2021/2022 campaign. He set an example on and off the court and was important to the Kings’ success, earning ACAC gold and CCAA bronze.

For more information on Red Deer Polytechnic Athletics, the student-athletes and teams, please visit: rdpolytechathletics.ca.

2025 Federal Election

Poilievre on 2025 Election Interference – Carney sill hasn’t fired Liberal MP in Chinese election interference scandal

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From Conservative Party Communications

Yes. He must be disqualified. I find it incredible that Mark Carney would allow someone to run for his party that called for a Canadian citizen to be handed over to a foreign government on a bounty, a foreign government that would almost certainly execute that Canadian citizen.

 

“Think about that for a second. We have a Liberal MP saying that a Canadian citizen should be handed over to a foreign dictatorship to get a bounty so that that citizen could be murdered. And Mark Carney says he should stay on as a candidate. What does that say about whether Mark Carney would protect Canadians?

“Mark Carney is deeply conflicted. Just in November, he went to Beijing and secured a quarter-billion-dollar loan for his company from a state-owned Chinese bank. He’s deeply compromised, and he will never stand up for Canada against any foreign regime. It is another reason why Mr. Carney must show us all his assets, all the money he owes, all the money that his companies owe to foreign hostile regimes. And this story might not be entirely the story of the bounty, and a Liberal MP calling for a Canadian to be handed over for execution to a foreign government might not be something that the everyday Canadian can relate to because it’s so outrageous. But I ask you this, if Mark Carney would allow his Liberal MP to make a comment like this, when would he ever protect Canada or Canadians against foreign hostility?

“He has never put Canada first, and that’s why we cannot have a fourth Liberal term. After the Lost Liberal Decade, our country is a playground for foreign interference. Our economy is weaker than ever before. Our people more divided. We need a change to put Canada first with a new government that will stand up for the security and economy of our citizens and take back control of our destiny. Let’s bring it home.”

 

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2025 Federal Election

2025 Election Interference – CCP Bounty on Conservative Candidate – Carney Says Nothing

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The Opposition with Dan Knight  Dan Knight

Liberal MP Paul Chiang echoes Beijing’s hit list, suggesting Joe Tay be delivered to Chinese consulate for cash—yet Mark Carney stays silent, proving the Liberal swamp is deeper than ever.

So let’s just recap, because this is almost too surreal to believe.

A sitting Liberal Member of Parliament—Paul Chiang—stood in front of a Chinese-language media outlet in January 2025 and said that if someone were to kidnap Joe Tay, a Conservative candidate and Canadian citizen, and deliver him to the Chinese Consulate in Toronto, they could “claim the one-million-dollar bounty.” That wasn’t some fringe YouTuber or anonymous social media post. That was a sitting MP, elected to represent Markham—Unionville, who also happens to serve as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Diversity and Inclusion.

Let me be crystal clear here: that’s not just inappropriate. That’s not just “deplorable.” That’s language lifted directly from the Chinese Communist Party’s playbook. Joe Tay is on a real bounty list. Not fantasy. Not fiction. A real HK$1 million bounty placed on his head by the Hong Kong police for supporting democracy and speaking out against tyranny.

And what happens when a Canadian MP echoes that threat—on Canadian soil?

 

Nothing.

 

As of right now—this minute—Paul Chiang is still an MP in good standing in with the Liberals. Not suspended. Not removed from caucus. No RCMP probe. No parliamentary discipline. Nothing.

And the Carney campaign? The Liberal Party’s new face? Crickets. Absolute silence. Carbon Tax Carney, Trudeau’s old money-man turned globalist messiah, who’s spent the last month talking about “foreign interference” and demanding Pierre Poilievre get a security clearance? Not a word. Apparently, if a Conservative doesn’t submit to Ottawa’s surveillance state, it’s a national crisis. But if a Liberal MP plays mouthpiece for Beijing and jokes about abducting a political opponent? It’s just… Tuesday.

Imagine for a second that a Conservative MP had said anything remotely close to this—maybe even joked about placing a bounty on a Liberal politician funded by a foreign regime. Every major newsroom in the country would have declared martial law. CBC would be live for 72 hours straight. The RCMP would have launched a task force. But because it’s a Liberal, they issue a press release. A shrug. A “deplorable” comment, followed by a half-hearted apology and—get this—no consequences.

Now, contrast that with how they treated Ruby Dhalla. A former MP who dared to challenge the coronation of Carney. The party booted her from the leadership race, citing “financial irregularities.” That’s rich. They kicked her out—then kept the entrance fee. So her money’s good, just not her name on the ballot.

That’s the Liberal Party of Canada in 2025. A party so thoroughly compromised, so ideologically bankrupt, that they treat foreign bounties on Canadian citizens as a punchline—as long as the target is a Conservative. As long as the regime writing the check has the “right politics.”

And here’s the silver lining—because yes, even in this mess, there is one: we’re lucky this is all happening weeks out from the election. Because now, finally, Canadians get a front-row seat to the Liberal swamp in all its grotesque glory.

Paul Chiang joking about handing over a Canadian citizen to a foreign dictatorship? That’s not some isolated gaffe—it’s the mask slipping. And the silence from Mark “Bank of China” Carney? That’s the sound of a globalist technocrat who’s just as deep in the muck as the rest of them.

This is the Liberals unfiltered. Not the polished press conference CBC version—the real one. The one that looks the other way on foreign interference, cashes the CCP’s checks, and protects their own no matter how depraved the behavior.

So yes, it’s revolting. But it’s also revealing. And thankfully, it’s happening before Canadians head to the polls—because now there’s no excuse, no spin, no pretending. The Liberal Party isn’t just corrupt. It’s compromised. And the country can’t afford another minute of it.

Time to clean house. Time to drain the swamp—Chiang, Carney, and the whole rotten cartel.

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